Why everyone loves the underdog ⏲️ 6 Minute English

Could being the underdog help you succeed? Neil and Georgie discuss this and teach you some useful vocabulary.👇👇👇 ❓❓❓ Which club overcame odds of 5000-1 to be beat top clubs to win the 2015-16 English Premier League title. Was it: a) Charlton Athletic? b) Leicester City? or, c) Crystal Palace? [Cover: Getty Images] You can download audio and a free programme transcript here 👉 Vocabulary: ✔️underdog - person or team in a competition or situation who seems least likely to win ✔️look down your nose at (someone) - think you are better than or superior to (someone) ✔️choking - failure of a sports player or team to perform their best due to psychological pressure or social expectation ✔️top dog - (informal) most successful, powerful or authoritative person in a group ✔️on the flip side - the opposite, less positive, or less popular side of something ✔️underperform - perform worse than expected More 6 Minute English episodes: ⭐ Disability in music and theatre 👉 ⭐ What makes a great library? 👉 ⭐ Plastic waste eaten by enzymes 👉 ⭐ Sewing to fight period poverty 👉 ⭐ Feed your brain 👉 ⭐ Food for new mums 👉 ⭐ Fighting loneliness with soup 👉 ⭐ What is the future of work 👉 ⭐ How the language of menus matters 👉 ⭐ The psychology of greed 👉 🤩🤩🤩 SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more English videos and podcast English to help you improve your English 👉 ✔️ Visit our website 👉 ✔️ Follow us on Instagram 👉 ✔️ Find us on Facebook 👉 ✔️ Join us on TikTok 👉 @bbclearningenglish We like receiving and reading your comments - please use English when you comment 😊 #learnenglish #bbclearningenglish #plastic #plasticwaste #recycling